"Mucormycosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection in humans and animals caused by any fungus in the order Mucorales (e.g., Absidia, Mucor, Rhizopus etc.) There are many clinical types associated with infection of the central nervous system, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, orbit and paranasal sinuses. In humans, it usually occurs as an opportunistic infection in patients with a chronic debilitating disease, particularly uncontrolled diabetes, or who are receiving immunosuppressive agents. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
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D009091
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.980.600
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucormycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Mueller KD, Zhang H, Serrano CR, Billmyre RB, Huh EY, Wiemann P, Keller NP, Wang Y, Heitman J, Lee SC. Gastrointestinal microbiota alteration induced by Mucor circinelloides in a murine model. J Microbiol. 2019 Jun; 57(6):509-520.
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Gonz?lez-Ramos MM, Bertr?n-Pasarell J, Guiot H, Soto R, Santana J, Amador R, Conde A. Clinical experience with posaconazole in patients with invasive mucormycosis: a case series. P R Health Sci J. 2008 Dec; 27(4):328-32.